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US l Uncover the Data Around You
14 December 2012 | ict, launch, open data, statistics, usaSitegeist was created by the Sunlight Foundation with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and is the third in a series of National Data Apps. The first two National Data Apps are...
Launch l Making All Voices Count | A Grand Challenge For Development
06 December 2012 | citizen empowerment, funding, launch, monitoring, political accountability, service deliveryYesterday (05.12.2012), a new government transparency and accountability funding mechanism was launched– Making All Voices Count. Held at USAID headquarters. Making All Voices Count (MAVC) is a $45...
Launch l Water Governance Latin America & Caribbean Report Aims to Help Realize UN MDGs
03 December 2012 | caribbean, latin america, launch, mdg, multi-level models, toolkit, water governanceClimate change, population growth, ongoing urbanization and land use conversion to agriculture is prompting government, public, non-profit and business organizations worldwide to pay greater...
Launch: 2012Commitment to Development Index
16 October 2012 | comparative, development, global index, launchWhich wealthy nations are helping poor ones most? Rich and poor are linked in many ways. Each year, the CDI scores wealthy governments on helping poor countries via 7 linkages: aid, trade,...
Research to Action launched alongside 3ie PIM workshop in Cornwall
01 October 2012 | evaluation, event, evidence-based, launch, researchThis week saw a meeting of international delegates involved in the Policy Influence Monitoring (PIM) project, funded by the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), in Cornwall. To...
Education spending rising but access to higher education remains unequal in most countries, says OECD
25 September 2012 | education, global index, launch, report11/09/2012 - Watch the webcast of the press conference live Governments should increase investment in early childhood programmes and maintain reasonable costs for higher education in order to reduce...
Launch: 2012 Global Peace Index
22 June 2012 | crime, global index, launch, peace, securityThe world has become more peaceful for the first time since 2009, according to the 2012 Global Peace Index. All regions excluding the Middle East and North Africa saw an improvements in levels of...
Blogpost: Freedom of the Press 2012: Breakthroughs and Pushback in the Middle East
14 May 2012 | freedom of expression, global index, launch, press freedomThe Middle East and North Africa saw dramatic if precarious gains in press freedom in 2011, and for the first time in eight years, global media freedom did not experience an overall decline,...
Launch: Global Parliamentary Report | Agora Portal
10 April 2012 | global index, launch, parliament, report, undpIn July 2010, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) decided to jointly produce the first ever Global Parliamentary Report, in order to provide an...
Groundbreaking Index Launched to Empower Women and Fight Hunger | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
12 March 2012 | agriculture, empowerment, gender, global index, launchWashington, D.C.—A significant new breakthrough in the measurement of women’s empowerment in developing countries is launched today. The “Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index” (WEAI) is the first...